Here’s How To Set Up FSX Port Forwarding In A Few Simple Steps
Routers feature a firewall that blocks incoming network requests. While this feature is vital in protecting your network against malicious traffic and hackers, it limits your gaming experience. If you want to get the best experience when playing FSX, you will need to deal with this limitation by forwarding specific ports in your router. Through FSX port forwarding, you can unblock the firewall to allow incoming connections and forward these connections through the router to your game.
Things You’ll Need Beforehand
Before port forwarding FSX, you should have the following details:
- Your router’s IP address
- Your PC or gaming console IP address
- The TCP and UDP ports that you need to forward
Finding Out Your Router’s IP Address
Finding your router’s IP address is a straightforward process comprising the following steps:
- Enter Command Prompt on your windows search bar
- In the open Command Prompt window, type “ipconfig/all”
- Your router’s IP address will appear next to the Default Gateway.
How To Port Forward FSX
Most routers feature a web interface. Thus, to access the routers pages for successful port forwarding, you need a web browser such as Chrome, Firefox, or Edge. Upon selecting a browser, open it and proceed with the following step by step process to port forward FSX.
- Find the address bar on your browser and replace it with your router’s IP address, then press Enter.
- The above action will open a window prompting you to enter your login credentials. Log in to your router with your username and password. You can your router’s default credentials to log in if you did not change them in the past.
- Find the port forwarding section of your router.
- On the port forwarding section, input the IP address of your gaming console or PC in the appropriate boxes in your router.
- Enter the TCP and UDP ports for FSX in the appropriate boxes in your router
- Reboot your router to effect these changes and port forward your FSX
Ports To Forward for FSX
The following comprises a list of ports that you will forward for FSX.
FSX-PC
- Protocol TCP: 3074
- Protocol UDP: 4500, 3544, 3074, 500, 88
FSX– Xbox One
- Protocol TCP: 3074
- Protocol UDP: 4500, 3544, 3074, 500, 88
